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Grade: 4
Standards:
1. The Nature of Science and Technology: Students, working collaboratively, carry out investigations. They observe and make accurate measurements, increase their use of tools and instruments, record data in journals, and communicate results through chart, graph, written, and verbal forms.
2. Scientific Thinking: Students use a variety of skills and techniques when attempting to answer questions and solve problems. They describe their observations accurately and clearly, using numbers, words, and sketches, and are able to communicate their thinking to others. They compare, explain, and justify both information and numerical functions.
observation: gaining information through the use of one or more of the senses, such as sight, smell, etc.
3. The Physical Setting: Students continue to investigate changes of Earth and the sky and begin to understand the composition and size of the universe. They explore, describe, and classify materials, motion , and energy .
motion: the change in position of an object in a certain amount of time energy: what is needed to make things move
4. The Living Environment: Students learn about an increasing variety of organisms - familiar, exotic, fossil, and microscopic. They use appropriate tools in identifying similarities and differences among them. They explore how organisms satisfy their needs in their environments.
5. The Mathematical World: Students apply mathematics in scientific contexts. Their geometric descriptions of objects are comprehen-sive. They realize that graphing demonstrates specific connections between data. They identify questions that can be answered by data distribution.
6. Common Themes: Students work with an increasing variety of systems and begin to modify parts in systems and models and notice the changes that result. They question why change occurs.
2. Scientific Thinking: Students use a variety of skills and techniques when attempting to answer questions and solve problems. They describe their observations accurately and clearly, using numbers, words, and sketches, and are able to communicate their thinking to others. They compare, explain, and justify both information and numerical functions.
observation: gaining information through the use of one or more of the senses, such as sight, smell, etc.
3. The Physical Setting: Students continue to investigate changes of Earth and the sky and begin to understand the composition and size of the universe. They explore, describe, and classify materials, motion , and energy .
motion: the change in position of an object in a certain amount of time energy: what is needed to make things move
4. The Living Environment: Students learn about an increasing variety of organisms - familiar, exotic, fossil, and microscopic. They use appropriate tools in identifying similarities and differences among them. They explore how organisms satisfy their needs in their environments.
5. The Mathematical World: Students apply mathematics in scientific contexts. Their geometric descriptions of objects are comprehen-sive. They realize that graphing demonstrates specific connections between data. They identify questions that can be answered by data distribution.
6. Common Themes: Students work with an increasing variety of systems and begin to modify parts in systems and models and notice the changes that result. They question why change occurs.